Choosing a physician is an important decision. This is why we have offices located across the Baton Rouge area and some with early and after-hours appointments. We're dedicated to the health of our community and the well-being of each of our patients. Welcome to our Community of Caring.

Choosing a physician is an important decision. This is why we have offices located across the Baton Rouge area and some with early and after-hours appointments. We're dedicated to the health of our community and the well-being of each of our patients. Welcome to our Community of Caring.

Arts in Medicine

Baton
Rouge General's Arts in Medicine program brings creative activities to
patients and family members through mediums such as painting, drawing,
arts and crafts, music and more. Patients benefit from the therapeutic
properties of creating and enjoying instruction from local
artists-in-residence.

Through one-on-one sessions, and collaborative projects, the
program facilitates bringing the arts to our patients. Patients are
offered the opportunity to explore their own creativity while meeting
the challenges of diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

Opportunities include:

Painting

Mobile making

Crafts

Music therapy

Drawing

Mixed media

Oral history

Other fine arts

Patients can also request a bedside visit from the visual artist-in-residence or from the musicians or music therapist.

If you are interested in participating in a project or would like to donate your time and talents to our patients, please call (225) 387-7040.

Our Arts in Medicine program has many needs for items large and small. If you would like to make a gift to purchase a needed item or to donate one of the items on our wish list, please call us at (225) 387-7040.

Acrylic paint

Activity books

Air dry / modeling clay

Art pads (different mediums of paper)

Beading supplies

Beads

Buttons

Canvas (board or stretched)

Canvas fabric

CD & MP3 players and headphones

Chenille stems (pipe cleaners)

Clothespins

Collage materials / magazines

Colored pencils

Coloring books (all ages)

Construction paper

Crayons

Cray-pas

Crochet hooks

Drawing pads

DVDs for resource library

Embroidery materials

Erasers

Face paint

Felt

Fuzzy posters

Glue / glue sticks

Journals / notebooks

Knitting materials

Markers

Masking tape

Mod Podge

Mosaic tiles

Music cds

Origami paper

Paint brushes

Paper plates

Pencils

Pencil sharpeners

Pens

Ribbon

Scissors

Scotch tape

Sharpies (all colors and sizes)

Small bubbles

Specialty papers

Stickers

Tissue paper

Watercolor paints / pencils

Yarn

Ziplock bags (quart and gallon)

The Friday Lunch Live! concert series brings local musicians to Baton Rouge General every week. Employees, physicians and visitors gather each Friday at noon to enjoy 30- to 45-minute performances by pianists, guitarists, singers and other musicians. Recent performers include George Bell on trumpet, rhythm and blues singer Kalesha Brown Boudreaux, the LSU A Cappella Choir and nationally known Riders In the Sky. Click here to view upcoming Friday Lunch Live performances.

If you are interested in participating in a project or would like to donate your time and talents to our patients, please call (225) 387-7040.

Coloring isn’t just for kids anymore. As adult coloring books top the charts at both online and local retailers, Baton Rouge General patients can now enjoy a creative way to ease stress and reduce anxiety. Patients in several units will receive the coloring books and a set of color pencils at no cost beginning December 21. Coloring books can also be purchased in the BRG gift shop for $10 with proceeds going to the Arts in Medicine program.